Section 45-45-201 Creation. In Madison County there is hereby created a county license department. The county license department is hereinafter referred to as the department. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 2; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)
Section 45-45-201.01 Director – Election; term; vacancies. Upon written notification to the county commission by the director of the department holding office on April 13, 1998, of the director’s intention to retire on a future specified date, a succeeding director of the department shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county at the […]
Section 45-45-201.02 Director – Salary. The salary of the director of the department shall be in the same amount and payable in the same manner as the salaries of the Madison County Tax Assessor and Tax Collector. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 4; Act 98-280, p. 459, § 1.)
Section 45-45-201.03 Director – Oath; bond. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the director of the department shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution, and shall enter into bond conditioned as other official bonds are conditioned. The bond shall be in a sum as may be prescribed by […]
Section 45-45-201.04 Office space, stationery, supplies, etc. Suitable office space, and all stationery, equipment, supplies, and postage necessary for the conduct of the office, shall be furnished by the governing body of the county to the director of the department, except such stationery and supplies as the law requires to be furnished by the State […]
Section 45-45-201.05 Deputy director. The director of the department may appoint a deputy director of the department, who shall perform duties as the director may prescribe, and who, in the absence of the director, shall have the same powers and authority herein granted to the director of the department. The director of the department also […]
Section 45-45-201.06 Duties. It shall be the duty of the director of the department to collect for and issue all licenses for motor vehicles, motor vehicle licenses, temporary instruction permits to drive motor vehicles, and any and all other licenses, which are now or may hereafter be required by law to be issued, collected for, […]
Section 45-45-201.07 Payment of tax required for issuance of license. To prevent motor vehicles, as defined by Section 40–12–240, from escaping taxation and to provide for the more efficient assessment and collection of taxes due on same, no license shall be issued to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state, nor […]
Section 45-45-201.08 License application forms. On or after the first day of September each year, the director of the department, if he or she elects to do so, may mail an application in the form and containing the information hereinafter provided to all owners of motor vehicles listed as such in the motor vehicle license […]
Section 45-45-201.09 License procedures by mail; fees; forms. The Director of the Madison County License Department shall charge and collect a fee not to exceed two dollars ($2) for each motor vehicle license tag issued by mail, in addition to all other fees prescribed by law. The additional fee shall be paid by the owner […]
Section 45-45-201.10 Alternative procedures. (a) The procedure authorized by this part for the payment of ad valorem taxes and motor vehicle license taxes and the issuance of license tags is optional, and alternative to the procedure now provided by law. Each owner of a motor vehicle shall continue to have the right to pay taxes […]
Section 45-45-201.11 Transfer of duties – Judge of probate. Any and all duties now or which may hereafter be required by law of judges of probate with reference to the registration, sale, and distribution of tags for motor vehicles, the issuance of motor vehicle drivers licenses and temporary instruction permits, and the transfer of the […]
Section 45-45-201.12 Transfer of duties – Tax assessor, tax collector. All duties required by law of the tax assessor and tax collector of any county to which this part applies, with reference to the assessment and collection of ad valorem taxes on automobiles, trucks, or other motor vehicles, shall be performed and exercised by the […]
Section 45-45-201.13 Fees, charges, penalties, and commissions. The director of the department shall collect for the assessment and collection of state and county ad valorem tax on motor vehicles the same fees, charges, penalties, and commissions fixed by law to be paid to the tax assessor and tax collector for the same services. The fees, […]
Section 45-45-201.14 Election to come under part; resolution. This part shall become effective in Madison County only upon a writing subscribed to by the judge of probate, the tax assessor, and the tax collector requesting to come under this part and upon the adoption of a resolution by a majority vote of the board of […]
Section 45-45-201.15 Applicability and operation of part. This part shall immediately apply and become effective in the county upon the adoption of the resolution by the board of revenue, court of county commissioners, or like governing body of the county, whereby it elects to come within this part; provided, however, that the governing body, if […]
Section 45-45-201.16 Purpose. It is the intent and purpose of the foregoing sections of this part to provide a more convenient and efficient method of issuing licenses and to render a better service to the people of the county, by incorporating in one county office the assessment and collection of all taxes on motor vehicles […]
Section 45-45-201.17 License inspector – Created. Any other provisions of law notwithstanding, there is hereby created the position of license inspector for the county. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 19.)
Section 45-45-201.18 License inspector – Director of license department. The license inspector for the county shall be the director of the county license department. (Acts 1971, No. 1862, p. 3024, § 20.)
Section 45-45-201.19 License inspector – Powers and duties. It shall be the duty of the license inspector to scrutinize the records and stubs kept in the office of the county license department and also to examine the license records of each city or town located in the county of which he or she has been […]
